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Does civilization need religion?

by Reinhold Niebuhr

Chapters (10)

DOES CIVILIZATION NEED RELIGION? CONTENTS 0:00
CHAPTER I THE STATE OF RELIGION IN MODERN SOCIETY 0:48
CHAPTER II NATURE AND CIVILIZATION AS FOES OF PERSONALITY 17:15
CHAPTER III THE SOCIAL RESOURCES OF RELIGION 32:01
CHAPTER IV THE SOCIAL CONSERVATISM OF MODERN RELIGION 58:13
CHAPTER V RELIGION AND LIFE: CONFLICT AND COMPROMISE 1:12:47
CHAPTER VI SOCIAL COMPLEXITY AND ETHICAL IMPOTENCE 1:55:13
CHAPTER VII TRANSCENDING AND TRANSFORMING THE WORLD 2:33:06
CHAPTER VIII A PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS FOR AN ETHICAL RELIGION 2:56:29
CHAPTER IX CONCLUSION 3:23:58

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Narrator: Arthur — English RP Narrator (en-GB)
Length: 3 hr 46 min
Language: English
Added: November 2, 2026
Source ebook: Project Gutenberg
License: Public domain